(Special Report: Dr. Arvind Gandhi/Dr. Savita Poonam, V News/VNFA/BBC - India)

Varanasi. The emergency room of Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta Divisional District Hospital, Kabirchaura, Varanasi is filled with patients suffering from various seasonal viral diseases like fever, stomachache, vomiting, diarrhea, headache etc. Here, Dr. V.K. Singh, appointed as the nodal medical officer, is providing his medical services to the patients with honesty. If all the doctors provide similar services with honesty, then the patients will not have to wander around and the patients' trust in the government hospital will increase a lot. In this hospital, the nodal medical officer is Dr. V.K. Singh. Sources tell us that Medical Officer Dr. V.K. Singh takes care of patients regularly during his duty and keeps a close eye on patients in all wards of the hospital premises.


These days, most of the patients admitted in this hospital are suffering from seasonal diseases. Here is a special interview of Dr. V.K. Singh, appointed as an officer in Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta Divisional District Hospital Kabirchaura, Varanasi: -


Question - What type of patients are more in the hospital these days - At present, the number of patients in this hospital is more suffering from seasonal diseases like seasonal viruses such as stomach ache, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, headache etc.


Question - What will be the number of patients in the hospital premises which are connected with emergency medical service - All the wards of emergency are almost full and all the wards are filled with patients suffering from viral diseases.

Question - What is your advice to patients on disease prevention and treatment at present - The patient should avoid getting wet in the rain and avoid eating and drinking outside, and do not allow water to accumulate around the house and on the roof and maintain cleanliness so that any kind of viral diseases do not arise.


Question - Medicines are provided to patients from the hospital or from outside - Essential medicines for patients suffering from all types of viral and other diseases are available in the hospital, despite this, patients voluntarily use medicines from outside and Prime Minister Jan Aushadhi.


Question - What kind of facilities and services are available in the hospital - All types of medical facilities are available in the hospital except super specialty facilities from the government level and all types of investigation related tests like all types of blood tests and X-ray, ultrasound, and CT scan etc. are all available free of cost and every effort is made to ensure that the patients do not face any trouble so that patients can be relieved and they do not face any difficulty in medical facilities.


 Question - At which level did you receive the order to appoint a nodal officer? The nodal officer has been appointed at the hospital level by NQAS for emergency services and wards. It will be my endeavor to ensure that no patient is left without a job.